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to be recovered in an action of debt, in any court proper to tr}' the 



same, to be brought. b3^ the treasurer thereof. 



Skct. 8. Be it farther enacted, That the Herring Pond Indians 



shall be allowed the same privileges in relation to -said fish, as have 



heretofore been usuallv granted them bv said town of Sandwich. — 



[March 27, 1834. 



[1853,95; 1854, 285.] 



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1835. 



An Act concerning the proprietors of Mills on Concord River. 

 1835, 8!). Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That all laws heretofore passed 

 to prevent obstructions to the passage of fish, and all laws obliging 

 the proprietors of mills to leave a passage in their dams for said fish, 

 be and they are hereby' repealed, so far as tliey relate to or aflfect the 

 proprietors of mills on the Concord River. — [March 30, 1835. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 296; 1812, 103.] 



Ax Act to repeal " An Act to regulate the Taking of Fish in Connecticut River." 



1835, 137. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That a statute of the year one 



thousand eight hundred and twelve, chapter one hundred and three, 



entitled " An Act to regulate the taking of fish in Connecticut River," 



be and the same is hereby repealed. — [April 8, 1835, 



1836. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p 200.] 

 An Act to regulate the Alewive Fishery in the Town of Wcllfleet. 



1836, 56. Beit enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. The selectmen 

 of the town of AVellfleet for the time being, may, in the month of 

 March or April annually, prescribe the time, place or places and man- 

 ner of taking alewives in the creeks and brooks in the town of Well- 

 fleet, such time not to exceed four days in a week ; and they ma}- 

 appoint some suitable person to take the same, or they may sell the 

 right to take said fish as they think best, and shall fix the compensa- 

 tion therefor. ^ 



Sect. 2. Said selectmen may cause the natural courses of the 

 streams through which said fish pass, to be kept open and free of 

 obstructions, and for that purpose, as well as for other purposes of 

 this act, may go upon the land or meadow of any person through 

 which said streams run, without being deemed trespassers, and if any 

 person molest the said selectmen or either of them in the execution 

 of his or their duties under this act, or shall obstruct the passage of 

 said fish, the person so offending shall forfeit and pay a fine for every 

 offence not exceeding twent}' nor less than ten dollars upon convic- 

 tion thereof, before any justice of the peace for the count}' of Barn- 

 stable, not an inhabitant of said town of Well fleet. 



